Man not guilty by insanity in break-in at White Sox exec's home

Wayne L. Field III, 51, was declared not guilty by reason of insanity of breaking into the home of White then-Sox general manager Ken Williams, just north of Grant Park.

Wayne L. Field III, 51, was declared not guilty by reason of insanity of breaking into the home of White then-Sox general manager Ken Williams, just north of Grant Park. (handout / Chicago Police Dept.)

When Field’s lawyer, Erica Soderdahl, asked how Williams knew a relative hadn’t paid him a surprise visit, he responded that his relatives knew he liked his house kept clean and wouldn’t have left it a mess.

“We would’ve had a little bit of a problem because they know how I am,” he testified Williams, dressed in a blue pin-striped suit. Williams, who is now a White Sox executive vice president, was on a trip to Milwaukee when Field broke into the town home near Grant Park. A door to the home may have been unlocked, according to testimony.

Field later told a psychologist that when the door opened he viewed it as a sign he was allowed to live there.

Judge Joseph G. Kazmierski, Jr., who had previously found Field unfit to stand trial, ordered that he undergo an evaluation on further mental treatment at a secure inpatient mental health center.

Williams said he moved out of the town home after the break-in.

“I just want to forget about it,” he told a Tribune reporter as he walked to an elevator after his testimony.